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• Emmelien Beernaert, Roeselare,8800,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Dominique Beernaert, Roeselare,8800,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Marcel Heijms († 2002)

• Arend Bolhuis (77), Appingedam (gem. Eemsdelta)
• Birdie Ann Terry (84), Stanford, Lincoln, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Maria Aker (70), Hoorn
• Fokje Heins (Fannie) Douma (94), ,, Martin Twp, Allegan, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Alberdina Wilhelmina Hoogendijk (86), Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Adrianus Aalberts (68), Gorinchem, Nederland
• Elisabeth Laura Schulte (78), Tegelen
• Anna Maria Kuipers (65), Echt (Peij)
• Elizabeth Korbeeck (82), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelius Pikaard (81)

• 1975 » Karin Dreijer Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
• 1976 » Aaron Lohr, American actor
• 1976 » Barbara Jane Reams, American actress
• 1976 » Gang Qiang, Chinese anchor
• 1976 » Jessica Lee, English lawyer and politician
• 1976 » Kevin Alejandro, American actor and producer
• 1976 » Martin Buß, German high jumper
• 1978 » Duncan James, English singer-songwriter and actor
• 1978 » Jo Appleby, English soprano
• 1978 » Lilia Osterloh, American tennis player

• 1968 » Edwin Baker, Canadian co-founder of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) (b. 1893)
• 1968 » Jim Clark, Scottish race car driver (b. 1936)
• 1972 » Abeid Karume, Tanzanian politician, 1st President of Zanzibar (b. 1905)
• 1972 » Joe Gallo, American gangster (b. 1929)
• 1981 » Kit Lambert, English record producer and manager (b. 1935)
• 1981 » Norman Taurog, American director and screenwriter (b. 1899)
• 1982 » Harald Ertl, Austrian race car driver and journalist (b. 1948)
• 1984 » Frank Church, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1924)
• 1985 » Carl Schmitt, German philosopher and jurist (b. 1888)
• 1986 » Leonid Kantorovich, Russian mathematician and economist (b. 1912)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Johannes
4. Martijn
5. Peter
6. Richard
7. Mark
8. Michael
9. Robert
10. David
11. Hendrik
12. Pieter
13. Dennis
14. Marcel
15. Cornelis
16. Steven

1. Maria
2. Monique
3. Esther
4. Johanna
5. Sandra
6. Wendy
7. Cindy
8. Linda
9. Yvonne
10. Jennifer
11. Patricia
12. Anna
13. Bianca
14. Elisabeth
15. Marieke
16. Adriana

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
• January 3 » Apple Computer is incorporated.
• March 11 » The 1977 Hanafi Siege: More than 130 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims are set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations join negotiations.
• June 16 » Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL), by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates.
• September 7 » The Torrijos–Carter Treaties between Panama and the United States on the status of the Panama Canal are signed. The United States agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century.
• October 18 » German Autumn: a set of events revolving around the kidnapping of Hanns Martin Schleyer and the hijacking of a Lufthansa flight by the Red Army Faction (RAF) comes to an end when Schleyer is murdered and various RAF members allegedly commit suicide.
• December 6 » South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country.

The average temperature on April 7, 1977 was 4.1 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.